Deer-Resistant Ground Covers for Slopes

Ground covers that hold soil on banks and tend to escape deer damage. Compare spread, growth habit, and light needs.

Lodden Lily

Annual Candytuft

Forget-Me-Not

Thyme

The front of a border and the top of a bank are both ground cover work, and both are where deer step. These ground covers are the ones for banks. There are flowering plants here, and most carry the colour through the season. Most need very little after their first year.

ground covers: 82
hardiness zones: 3 to 12

A bank does not have to mean a plain planting. There are ground covers flowering in spring, summer and late autumn, and the last of them hold long after the first flush. Most of the colour is white, purple and pink.

spring: 48
summer: 50
late autumn: 15